Released Todayis ‘Unattended Luggage‘, a three album CD or vinyl box set Nick’s albums ‘Fictitious Sports‘, ‘Profiles‘ and ‘White of the Eye‘.
These limited edition box sets will be available shortly before our acclaimed new band Saucerful Of Secrets begin their European tour at Cirkus in Stockholm on September 2nd.
“‘Profiles‘ and ‘White of the Eye‘ were an extension of working with Rick Fenn on some advertising and short documentary film soundtracks, which then developed into something more.
“Listening back after 30 odd years, I’m delighted they are getting the reissue treatment. I’m rather hoping that sales will be sufficient to damage the market in the original rare vinyl versions!” –Nick Mason
The three individual albums will all be available as a download and through streaming platforms.
Roger Waters 24-AUG-2018 Riga „The Bravery Of Being Out Of Range“
Last night, 24th August 2018 at Arena Riga, Latvia. Roger surprised 14,000 fans by resurrected “The Bravery Of Being Out Of Range“from his 1992 solo album “Amused to Death“
Pink FloyddrummerNick Masonis the latest musician to face a grilling by the readers in the new issue ofUncut.
In a candid and wide-ranging chat, he discusses his soon-to-be re-released solo projects,producingThe Damned, what’s in thePink Floydarchives, and the formation of his new ‘earlyFloyd’ bandSaucerful Of Secrets
“What I didn’t really want to do was go out as another version of Pink Floyd and play the best of Dark Side and so on,” says Mason. “All this other material was there, lying dormant, and could be interpreted in a slightly different way… No, I didn’t ask [Roger Waters and David Gilmour] to join in, because that would be Pink Floyd. But I did tell them what I was proposing to do, as good manners, and I have to say both of them were supportive – which I found slightly disturbing! ‘Yeah, go ahead, make a fool of yourself…’ I know David has looked at a lot of it online.”
Asked if there’s anything left in thePink Floydvault, Mason replies: “Not much! I think there’s a re-release of Animals planned – it’s a record that would benefit from remastering. After many years of Abbey Road and Air Studios, this was done on a much more funky level, in our own studio. So it perhaps lacked a bit of that sharpness and sparkle you get from Abbey Road.”
Another reader wonders whyPink FloydsnubbedStanley Kubrick when he asked to use some of “Atom Heart Mother” inA Clockwork Orange. “Probably because he wouldn’t let us do anything for 2001,” says Mason. “It sounds a bit petulant! I don’t remember whether he did ask for something from Atom Heart Mother. We’d have loved to have got involved with 2001 – we thought it was exactly the sort of thing we should be doing the soundtrack for.”
Naturally the questioning eventually turns to the subject of potentialFloydreunions. “You’re asking the wrong person!”claims Mason, although he refused to rule anything out. “I saw a quote where someone said, ‘On my tombstone it’ll say: I’m still not sure it’s quite over…”
The October 2018 issue of Uncut is now on sale in the UK – with Jimi Hendrix on the cover. Elsewhere in the issue, you’ll find exclusive features on Spiritualized, Aretha Franklin, Richard Thompson, Soft Cell, Pink Floyd, Candi Staton, Garcia Peoples, Beach Boys, Mudhoney, Big Red Machine and many more. Our free CD showcases 15 tracks of this month’s best new music, including Beak>, Low, Christine And The Queens, Marissa Nadler and Eric Bachman.
Sunday 2nd September – Cirkus, Stockholm, Sweden Monday 3rd September – Forum Black Box, Copenhagen, Denmark Tuesday 4th September – Moya, Rostock, Germany Thursday 6th September – Royal Theatre Carré, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Saturday 8th September – Stadsschouwburg, Antwerp, Belgium Sunday 9th September – Den Atelier, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg Monday 10th September – Olympia, Paris, France Tuesday 11th September – Mitsubishi Electric Halle, Dusseldorf, Germany Thursday 13th September – Laeiszhalle, Hamburg, Germany Saturday 15th September – Beethovensaal, Stuttgart, Germany Sunday 16th September – Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany Monday 17th September – Haus Auensee, Leipzig, Germany Wednesday 19th September – Weiner Stadthalle F, Vienna, Austria Thursday 20th September – Teatro Arcimboldi, Milan, Italy Friday 21st September – Samsung Hall, Zurich, Switzerland Sunday 23rd September – Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, UK Monday 24th September – Roundhouse, Camden Town, London, UK Tuesday 25th September – Birmingham Symphony Hall, Birmingham, UK Thursday 27th September – O2 Apollo Manchester, Manchester, UK Friday 28th September – SEC Armadillo, Glasgow, UK Saturday 29th September – Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, UK
Roger Waters - Broken Bones - Copenhagen - 10 August 2018
Roger Waters Recently premiered “Broken Bones” from the 2017 album “Is This The Life We Really Want?” live at Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark on 10th August 2018
Up until recently, it would have appeared that Pink Floyd’s founding drummer, Nick Mason, was semi-retired from music. It has been four years since the release of Floyd’s last studio album, The Endless River. With a few rare exceptions—such as when he guested at Roger Waters’ 2011 The Wall show, and appeared with Ed Sheeran to play the closing ceremony at the 2012 Olympics—Mason hadn’t performed in public for an extended period of time; Pink Floyd’s last major tour was for The Division Bell album nearly 25 years ago.
That recently changed for the 74-year-old drummer, the only member of Pink Floyd who has performed on all of the band’s studio albums. This past May, he played four intimate concerts in London with his new band, Saucerful of Secrets. The setlist for those shows concentrated on Pink Floyd’s early years—especially songs with founding singer/guitarist Syd Barrett – more than the commercially successful post-Dark Side of the Moon material. Following those gigs, Mason and Saucerful of Secrets— which consists of guitarist Lee Harris, longtime Floyd touring bassist Guy Pratt, Spandau Ballet guitarist Gary Kemp, and keyboardist Dom Beken—will embark on an 21-date European tour starting Sept. 2 in Stockholm.
